City of Gilroy · Santa Clara County · November 3, 2026 California General Election
Measure B: Transient Occupancy Tax
The question on your ballot
To maintain critical City services such as street/pothole repair, park and recreation programs, emergency preparedness for storms, flooding and wildfires, and police and fire response shall the City of Gilroy measure raising the Transient Occupancy Tax (hotel tax) rate from 9% to a maximum of 13%, set by Council resolution, providing $700,000 annually paid only by hotel/lodging guests, with annual independent audits, that cannot be taken by Sacramento, until ended by voters, be adopted? [1]
Vote YES or NO on the question exactly as printed. Majority Vote Required.
Official documents
The county publishes the impartial analysis and the arguments for and against as PDFs. ThinkBallot links them as published; it doesn't summarize them.
- Primary Argument In-Favor
- Primary Argument Against
- Rebuttal Argument to Primary Argument Against
- Impartial Analysis
Sources — every field above links to one of these
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